Todos los capítulos de The Group Chat That Ended Us: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

I stared at those two messages for a long time.The first time Mr. Delaney had offered me that position, I turned it down without hesitation. Sebastian said the four of us should stay in the same city so we could always be there for each other. He said friends who clicked on every level didn't come around often.So I turned down the transfer from headquarters twice and stayed.Now I realized I was the only one who'd stayed for the sake of a future together. The three of them already had a future that didn't include me.I snapped out of it and texted my boss back. "I'll take it."Mr. Delaney replied instantly. "Good. Once your engagement is done, come in anytime to start the paperwork."I stared at the word "engagement" and let out a bitter laugh. There wasn't going to be an engagement.After I finished replying, I picked the tablet back up. The messages were still refreshing.I tapped into the chat history and scrolled all the way back, past over 2,000 messages. The earliest on

I didn't reply. Instead, I tapped "Leave Group".Sebastian didn't come through the door until the next afternoon. Noelle and Wade trailed in behind him, all three of them in fresh clothes, not a trace of barbecue smoke or alcohol on any of them.They all froze for a second when they saw me walk out of the bedroom.Noelle spoke first. "I asked in the group chat last night what time you were heading over, but you never answered. I figured you'd already gone ahead to the dress shop."None of them had noticed I'd left the group.Wade sprawled across the couch. "I was up half the night looking at invitation designs for you two. That dri… that invitation selection is brutal. You guys better give me my own table at the wedding for all this effort."Noelle laughed and hooked her arm through mine. "Then I'm calling dibs on the bouquet! You'd better aim right at me when you throw it!"Sebastian smiled as he poured them water. "If you really want it that badly, just have Cece hand it to yo

Sebastian didn't answer. He just flipped the tablet over and set it facedown on the nightstand.That night, he called every friend we had in common. He tried my dad's place too.My dad picked up and said flatly, "Whatever Cece decides is her business."Then he hung up. That was how he found out Dad had known about my decision to leave all along and hadn't tried to stop me.The next day, Sebastian went to my office. Someone in HR told him I'd submitted my resignation a month ago and that my exit paperwork had been finalized the previous week.He didn't believe it and insisted they check again. The HR manager, visibly annoyed, pulled up the system records and showed him. The submission date was right there in black and white, from one month ago.A month ago, while he'd been huddled in the group chat with Noelle and Wade figuring out where to go drinking that weekend, I'd been finishing my resignation.While he was complaining about me "making a fuss over nothing", I was applying f

My new social circle was slowly taking shape. There was a woman at the office named Sonia Decker who struck up a conversation with me on my very first day."You're the one who got sent over straight from headquarters? That's amazing. I looked through your portfolio and your design style is really unique. A few of us are planning to check out the flea market this weekend if you want to come."I started eating lunch with them and talking shop about design. The days blurred together, and I rarely thought about Sebastian. Or maybe it was more accurate to say I made a deliberate effort not to.Every once in a while, late at night when everything was quiet, I'd lie there staring at the ceiling and let the memories drift back.I'd think about how he scoured every store in the city to track down that out-of-print art book when he was first pursuing me, or how we used to sit on the campus lawn on warm evenings in college and he'd tell me he was going to marry me after graduation.I'd remem

Sebastian quickly said, "I shouldn't have said those things. I shouldn't have let them talk about you like that. I—""You've apologized plenty of times," I cut in.He looked up at me, confusion in his eyes."Every time you forgot my birthday, you apologized. Every time you bailed on me at the last minute, you apologized. Every time you let Noelle take my place, you apologized."You always sounded so sincere about it, and every single time, I believed you. But you never once actually changed."You never thought there was anything wrong with what you were doing. You just didn't like seeing me upset. As long as I said 'it's fine,' you could go right back to what you were doing with a clear conscience."I paused and looked him straight in the eye. "This time, I don't want to say it's fine."Sebastian was completely speechless. He stood there, his lips moving without making a sound, his eyes growing redder by the second. It was a long time before he managed to get anything out. "Then